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In just over a century and a half the Bahá'í Faith has established itself in every continent and is now the second most widely spread faith after Christianity. ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF BAHÁ'ÍS WORLDWIDE Africa 1,923,000 Asia 3,230,000 Europe 95,000 Latin Am. 722,000 North Am. 357,000 Oceania 77,000 World 6,404,000 Countries 210 Source: 1997 Britannica Year Book © Encyclopaedia Britannica In just over a century and a half the Bahá'í Faith has become the world's seventh-largest organised religion. HOW DOES IT COMPARE?est. number of followers 1 Christianity 1,927,953,000 2 Islam 1,099,634,000 3 Hinduism 780,547,000 4 Buddhism 323,894,000 5 Sikhism 19,161,000 6 Judaism 14,117,000 8 Confucianism 5,254,000 9 Jainism 4,886,000 10 Shintoism 2,844,000 Source: "The Top Ten of Everything 1998" by Russell Ash, DK Publishing, Inc. |
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